Nigeria's Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro, has called for stronger cooperation between Nigeria and the European Union (EU) to improve humanitarian assistance and reduce poverty as global aid resources continue to decline.
Speaking during a series of high-level meetings in Brussels, Belgium, Doro met with members of the European Parliament and senior EU officials to discuss humanitarian financing, social protection, and poverty reduction.
According to a statement issued by his Senior Technical Adviser on Information Systems and Data Analysis, Abimbola Fasanu, the minister urged governments and development partners to make better use of limited resources by replacing fragmented interventions with coordinated and results-driven systems.
Doro presented Nigeria's flagship One Humanitarian–One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS), describing it as a national framework that integrates humanitarian assistance, social protection, and poverty reduction into a single coordinated programme. He said the initiative would improve coordination, eliminate duplication, strengthen accountability, and help vulnerable communities transition from dependency to self-reliance.
"Our objective is to build smarter systems that maximise available resources and deliver lasting impact for vulnerable communities. Through stronger coordination and strategic partnerships, we can achieve greater efficiency and better development outcomes," the minister said.
He also highlighted Nigeria's humanitarian challenges, including insecurity, internal displacement, food insecurity, and climate-related shocks affecting millions of people.
While acknowledging the Federal Government's efforts under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, Doro stressed that the scale of humanitarian needs requires sustained collaboration among governments, humanitarian organisations, development partners, and the international community.
The minister further called for increased investment in long-term solutions for internally displaced persons (IDPs), including skills development, livelihood support, social inclusion, and community resilience programmes.
He also sought greater technical assistance, institutional capacity building, knowledge sharing, and strategic partnerships to support the implementation of the OHOPRS framework and strengthen Nigeria's humanitarian response system.
Doro welcomed the European Union's continued commitment to humanitarian action and expressed confidence that ongoing discussions on future humanitarian financing would enhance global efforts to protect vulnerable populations, support host communities, and promote long-term resilience.
He reaffirmed Nigeria's commitment to working closely with the European Union and other development partners to build a more coordinated, evidence-based, and sustainable humanitarian system capable of addressing emerging challenges while accelerating poverty reduction across the country.
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